If PowerPoint caused the war, Excel caused the financial crisis

The big buzz in the presentation community yesterday was the front page article in the New York Times that referred to PowerPoint as “the e...

PowerPoint Slide Makeover #50: Adding a visual to a quote

Just a quick note to let you know that a new Slide Makeover Video Podcast based on the ideas in "The Visual Slide Revolution" is a...

How advice to those pitching VC’s applies to all presenters

Rebecca Lynn wrote a very good article on what should be in a presentation to venture capital firms (VC’s) on CNET here . Now I know most o...

Helping Presentation Consulting Businesses

At this year’s Presentation Summit (formerly known as PowerPoint Live), I’ll be conducting a pre-conference workshop designed to help people...

PowerPoint Tip: So what’s all the fuss about the backchannel?

A lot has been written recently about incorporating the backchannel into presentations. If you aren’t familiar with the term “backchannel”,...

PowerPoint Slide Makeover #49: Showing differences in magnitude

Just a quick note to let you know that a new Slide Makeover Video Podcast based on the ideas in "The Visual Slide Revolution" is a...

Does reading your slides work on video?

A fellow entrepreneur just forwarded me a link to one of the “Internet Marketing gurus” latest venture. He’s telling people that video sale...

PowerPoint Tip: "You know, it’s just like…"

One of the reasons that presenters don’t use visuals instead of text is because they don’t know what visual to use to explain the point they...

How the ban on texting while driving applies to presentations

In many jurisdictions they have now banned drivers from texting or reading e-mail while driving. The safety experts and statistics show tha...